Oklahoma City Thunder spent plenty of time in front of the first two playoff series.
Now, in the Western Conference Finals against Minnesota Timberwolves, his competitors will have much more time to heal, while the thunder will be a short rest.
The series starts on Tuesday at Oklahoma City.
Thunder wins 125-93 against Denver Nuggets, who visited Sunday in the 7th match of the second round series.
Timberwolves did not play within six days after closing Golden State Warriors in five games.
Oklahoma City spent one week among the games before the first round series against Memphis, and then nine days between the games before the series against Nuggets.
In the first round, Thunder opened a 51 -point win on the Grizzlies, but after late breath, the game dropped 1 to Denver.
Minnesota was dismissed for six days before each of its first two series, and left the Los Angeles Lakers and Game 1 to Golden State against Game 1. Timberwolves won every series in five games.
Timberwolves is in the conference finals for the third time in the second season and dates. Minnesota has never moved to the NBA finals.
Oklahoma City has been looking for the first final look at the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2016 and since 2012.
In the series, there are two of the best defenses of the NBA in both the normal season and playoffs.
Thunder, in 11 playoff matches, has the best of 101.6 defense, which is the best of this season – permissible per 100 goods -. Minnesota’s 106.8 defense degree is second.
There is also two of the best young stars of the league in the Anthony Edwards of Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Timberwolves.
Gilgeous-Alexander is an average of 29.0 points, 6.4 assists and 5.9 rebounds, 26.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.9 assists this season.
Gilgeous-Alexander, the front runner of the most valuable player dignity, is looking forward to matching against Cousin Nickeil Alexander-Walker from Minnesota.
The two players were born in Toronto in less than two months, and both joined Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga, both.
“It will be very fun, Gil Gilgeous-Alexander said. “It’s hard to explain. If you know how close we’re, it’s literally like my second brother. It has passed through every stage of life – we have gone through every situation to get a basketball to prepare the NBA. To be special for both of us, to compete even more specially.
“But I’m definitely trying to get his head.”
In the 2023 game game, Alexander-Walker helped to hold his cousin for a 19-firing night.
Alexander-Walker said Gilgeous-Alexander’s consistency lifted him to a different level.
“This comes from the discipline that I haven’t seen in an effort, hard work, first hand, and the discipline I haven’t seen in anyone else. “I haven’t seen a discipline like him. So this is the main reason why people think they’re making a leap when it really can be constantly, because it’s very disciplined in his approach.”
The teams divided the four -match season series and divided their two matches in Oklahoma City.
Rudy Gibert from Minnesota played only one of these games – the loss of New Year’s Eve – Chet Holmgren appeared in two games for Thunder.
Thunder Coach Mark Daigneault, “Apples for apples, I do not know if these games are the perfect frame to look at the series.” He said. “It will be different.”
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